GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| significant | having meaning |
| demise | death |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |